Nearly a $1.2 Billion Daily Bump in State’s April Income Tax Receipts

With 10 days left in the month, the state moved closer to its goal of collecting $6.8 billion in April income tax payments.

For April 20, the Franchise Tax Board reported collecting $1,196,685 in income tax payments. Since Monday April 18, the state has logged nearly $3.3 billion in tax receipts.    Read more »

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Time to Start Keeping an Eye on April Tax Collections

Now is the time to begin watching the state’s April tax collection tallies.

Traditionally, April has been the BIG month for income tax receipts. Go figure – Californians paying their annual nut and all that.

Budget-related legislation designed to bring the state more income sooner has made June almost as significant a month as April for collections but Gov.    Read more »

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Board of California’s First-in-the-Nation Health Insurance Exchange to Hold First Meeting

One of the most powerful and far-reaching boards most Californians have never heard of meets for the first time April 20.

Within a short three years, the state’s five-member Health Benefit Exchange must become a clearinghouse for lower income Californians and small businesses shopping for the health coverage the federal government requires them to own beginning in 2014.    Read more »

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Whilst Rendering Unto the IRS and the FTB What Shouldn’t Be Theirs, Consider…

Two Glasses of Wine

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.

When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full.    Read more »

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Rectification Is Not Infusion, Senate Bill Says

One of the more intriguing – and powerful – words found in the state’s alcoholic beverage laws is “rectifier.”

The word is also the subject of legislation that would change its definition to allow bars and restaurants to create their own infused drinks.

A reaction to a crackdown by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control on creators of drinks like lemoncello, the measure by Sen.    Read more »

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Four New Voluntary Check-Offs on State Tax Forms — Including Supporting the Arts

For those Californians still ciphering their taxes – and who might get a refund – the state offers 15 options to help a variety of causes.

Among the four new tax check-offs to be found on Page 3 of the Franchise Tax Board’s Form 540 is the California Arts Council.

The Arts Council is included in the 2010 “Voluntary Contribution” portion of state tax returns as a result of 2009 legislation, SB 1076 by Sen.    Read more »

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Jerry Brown and Law Enforcement Representatives Tout Governor’s Proposed Tax Extension

Trying to boost support for Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to extend $11 billion in taxes set to expire this year, leaders of some of  the state’s top law enforcement organizations said April 13 that their operations would be crippled without the money Brown proposes to send them from the tax revenue.    Read more »

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Perhaps Third Time is the Charm for Stricter State Tattoo and Piercing Laws

For the third time in as many years, a San Francisco lawmaker has won approval by the Assembly for a bill to strengthen regulations on piercing, tattooing and branding.

Democratic Assemblywoman Fiona Ma’s Safe Body Art Act cleared the lower house on a unanimous vote April 11. Two previous measures were vetoed by Gov.    Read more »

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Some Interesting Statistics About California’s Workforce

More than 16.5 million Californians over the age of 16 work, according to the US Census Bureau.

Just over 2 million Californians are unemployed, according to the 2009 American Community Survey conducted by the federal government. That translates to 11.3 percent of the workforce – a percentage point lower than the unemployment rate calculated by the state.    Read more »

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Newly Elected But Busy Putting the “Fun” Back into Fundraiser (Click “More” For the Invitations)

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